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June 30, 2008

Church official says despair engulfs Zimbabwe as Mugabe retains power

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Zimbabweans are in widespread despair as the country’s longtime ruler Robert Mugabe was sworn in as president for a sixth term, a Catholic Church official said.
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June 28, 2008

Bringing light to darkness

ROME -- Being able to concelebrate Mass inside Rome’s magnificent Basilica of St. John Lateran was one of the most special moments of Father Paschal Morlino’s priesthood. The Benedictine pastor of St. Benedict in Baltimore was one of about 25 priests from the Archdiocese of Baltimore who concelebrated Mass with Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Cardinal...
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June 28, 2008

Rome pilgrimage begins with prayer at seminary

ROME -- At the start of a weeklong pilgrimage to Rome June 26, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien encouraged more than 100 Catholics from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and beyond to use the occasion as a time to draw closer to God.
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June 27, 2008

Former BCL stars to be teamed in Memphis

Former Towson Catholic High School standout Donte Greene was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 28th pick in the first round of the June 26 National Basketball Association draft.
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June 24, 2008

Mount Carmel cleaning up after small fire

Worship habits are regaining a sense of normalcy at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Essex, where an organ fire disrupted the Mass schedule on Father’s Day, June 15.
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June 20, 2008

Interfaith prayer partners pray for peace

Several parishes in the archdiocese have joined an interfaith prayer service project that will be held on the 22nd of each month at Maryland churches, synagogues, and mosques in Maryland.
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June 20, 2008

Brian Williams to give lecture in place of Tim Russert

Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, will replace Tim Russert, his recently deceased colleague, as presenter of the Philip J. Murnion Lecture for the Catholic Common Ground Initiative June 27 at 8 p.m. at the Pryzbyla Center of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
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June 19, 2008

Actor needs to be aware of situation with Palestinians

The Judith Sudilovsky interview of Jon Voight (CR, June 5) was surprising. Mr. Voight has demonstrated his commitment to helping people yet seems unaware of what has been happening to the Palestinians. That he visited Sderot and met with Israeli “terrorism victims and their families” mirrors the kind of guided tours given to our congressional...
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June 19, 2008

Political cartoon is incongruous

I found the cartoon by H.L. Schwadron in (CR, June 12) incongruous. If I understand the cartoon, it mocks a candidate willing to “meet tyrants” “to convince them to choose good over evil” going after the “youthful idealism vote”.
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June 17, 2008

LA. bishops reiterate opposition to same-sex marriage

LOS ANGELES – As same-sex couples prepared to marry in California, the seven bishops of the Los Angeles Archdiocese reiterated that they “cannot approve of redefining marriage” as anything but the union of “a man and a woman in a committed relationship.”
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June 13, 2008

Feeding the masses: Aussies plan giant barbecue for World Youth Day

SYDNEY, Australia – Talk about a barbecue for the ages. What’s being considered Australia’s largest-ever barbecue is being planned for July 16 when World Youth Day 2008 links with Rotary Australia to serve lunch to more than 120,000 pilgrims at 200 locations around Greater Sydney.
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June 12, 2008

Pope names U.S. cardinals to posts in Roman Curia

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI appointed U.S. Cardinal John P. Foley, grand master of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher, and Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston to posts in the Roman Curia.
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